Support Us
How you can help us:
Age Concern Reading offers the following range of services to elderly residents of Reading:
- Befriending (telephone or home visits)
- Coffee morning at the Civic Centre (Thursday mornings)
- Information and advice
- Lunch clubs at various venues in Reading
- Tea club at Trinity Place (Monday afternoons)
- Toenail cutting at various venues in Reading
In addition to the backing we receive from our Funders another valuable source of income, which helps us provide the above services, is that of donations from the general public. Please consider the options below to help Age Concern Reading to continue to provide the valuable services shown above:
Gift Aid
If you are a UK standard rate taxpayer each £1 donated to us can be increased to £1.28 by completion of a simple form supplied by us and then submitted by us to HM Revenue and Customs. Higher rate taxpayers can reclaim the difference in tax that they have paid and the amount of gift aid claimed by the charity. This amount is reclaimed by inserting the details of the donation in your tax return.
Payroll Giving
If your employer operates a Payroll Giving Scheme you can opt to make an automatic donation to us from your weekly/monthly pay. The deduction is made before tax so for a standard rate taxpayer a donation of £5 per month would cost the donor £4. For a higher rate taxpayer paying at the 40% tax rate the £5 per month donation would cost £3. If your employer does not operate a Payroll Giving Scheme why not point out the business benefits of operating such a scheme, the organisation’s image would be improved, staff morale would be boosted, staff like to work for a caring employer and it enhances community involvement and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Legacies
One of the easiest ways of making a significant gift to a charity is by making a legacy. All legacies are deducted from the value of an estate for inheritance tax calculations. Obviously the concept of a legacy and will-making can be a difficult and uncomfortable subject but please consider how this gives you the opportunity to leave your mark on the world by leaving a legacy to us and remember that such a move can effectively reduce your inheritance tax bill.
Gifts of Shares
If you are a shareholder (over 12 million people in the UK own shares) this can be a very tax effective way to making a donation to us. Any share donation will be eligible for income tax relief. Additionally, Capital Gains Tax does not apply to donations of shares. If you are a basic rate taxpayer a gift of shares worth £10,000 could cost just £8,000 as 20% of the value of shares could be offset against your income tax bill and cost as little as £6,000 for a 40% rate taxpayer.
Please consider the above and help us to carry on serving the elderly, vulnerable and isolated residents of Reading.
You can also help Age Concern Reading by:
- Encouraging older people and their carers to use Age Concern Reading
- Giving your time and talents as a volunteer
- Shopping at the Age Concern Shops
- Taking part in our fundraising drives
- Letting us know what you think of our services
- Choosing Age Concern Reading when you want to donate to charity
- Donating saleable good to the Age Concern Shops
Cash donations are always welcome (see gift aid above), please make cheques payable to "Age Concern Reading" and send to:
Age Concern Reading
302, Oxford Road
Reading
RG30 1AD